Jonathan, Thanks for the advice, it worked a treat... Used SWINSTALL interactively and the error messages I then got told me that all the patches I was trying to install had been superseded by other patches already on the system... Thanks again... ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:40 PM > Stuart, > > I'm not an expert in these matters, but I've just > installed hp-ux 64-bit using the June release, > and including the three large-scale quality > patches. > > During installation I noted that swinstall was > giving me message like: > 298 files skipped out of 673 > > I think this meant it was simply not installing > patches which were not relevant to my particular > environment, and I suspect that your messages > mean the same. > > I prefer with swinstall to invoke the product for > manual control, rather than using the command > line. i.e. > swinstall > then fill in the screen which specifies the depot > (the PHCO_17058.depot file in a local directory, then > choose the install action). > > After the analyze stage you get messages about > errors and warnings and files skipped - this may be > more helpful (or perhaps comforting) than the summary > message you are getting at the end. > > > Jonathan Lewis > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk > > Host to The Co-Operative Oracle Users' FAQ > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html > > Author of: > Practical Oracle 8i: Building Efficient Databases > > Screen saver or Life saver: http://www.ud.com > Use spare CPU to assist in cancer research. > > -----Original Message----- > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 29 August 2001 13:07 > > > |Ed, the real problem is it's not just this patch... there is a list > of 10-15 > |patches which all give this error message. I am tempted to just go > ahead and > |try the install anyway, how seriously could things go wrong :-) > | > | > |----- Original Message ----- > |To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > |Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:10 PM > | > | > |> This is just a stab in the dark: > |> > |> I have never used a \ when installing patches so try running the > command > |on > |> a single line > |> like this: > |> > |> # swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -s > |> /tmp/PHCO_17058.depot > |> > |> If that doesn't work and since this seems to be a SAM patch, do you > have > |sam > |> installed and working? > |> Try running sam from the command line and see if the system > administrator > |> tool works. > |> Otherwise I dunno. This might fail if a superseding patch was > already > |> installed. > |> > |> PHCO_17058 has been replaced by PHCO_23876 (Latest Superseding > Patch) and > |> PHCO_21187 (Best Available Patch). Try doing: > |> > |> swlist | grep PHCO > |> > |> to see if any of these later patches are already installed. > |> > |> You might want to install one of the later patches. I don't think > anyone > |> comes out with > |> so many patch udates like HP-UX. Anytime you see documentation that > says > |you > |> need to install a certain patch, that patch will have been > supersceeded 2 > |or > |> more times by the time you read the documentation so don't be > worried > |about > |> trying to install one of the supersceeding patches. > |> > |> > |> HTH > |> Ed > |> > |> -----Original Message----- > |> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:27 PM > |> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > |> > |> > |> Hi all, this is slightly off topic, but I am trying to install 9i > database > |> on an HP-UX 11.00 box. > |> > |> I have v.v.v.v. little experience on HP-UX. This is only a test > box, but > |> going through ORACLE's install guide, it tells me I need to install > |various > |> HP-UX patches using swinstall. > |> > |> Many of the patches I try to install are erroring out... > |> > |> I run the command > |> > |> # swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \ > |> > |> > -s /tmp/PHCO_17058.depot > |> > |> and get the following output: > |> > |> ======= 08/28/01 16:14:35 BST BEGIN swinstall SESSION > (non-interactive) > |> > |> * Session started for user "root@ham1". > |> > |> * Beginning Selection > |> > |> * Target connection succeeded for "ham1:/". > |> NOTE: The patch match operation failed to find patches for > target > |> software on "ham1" which passed the filter. > |> NOTE: Cannot continue the "swinstall" task. > |> > |> ======= 08/28/01 16:14:50 BST END swinstall SESSION > (non-interactive) > |> > |> > |> Does this mean I don't need these patches?? > |> > |> TIA, > |> > |> Stuart > |> > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Jonathan Lewis > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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